Verdi - Tu che le vanità (from Don Carlo)
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Sonya Yoncheva - Verdi
RecommendedSonya Yoncheva (soprano)
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Massimo Zanetti
‘Salgo già del trono aurato’ is thrilling, even if the final top note spreads. She’s also a touching Leonora in Il trovatore…That slight burr in the tone that Eastern European sopranos produce... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2018
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Anna Netrebko sings Verdi (standard CD edition)
RecommendedAnna Netrebko (soprano)
Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
In many ways, Netrebko justifies her decision to tackle Verdi. She provides singing of sufficient amplitude and power to encompass the needs of Elisabeth de Valois...[and] is at her most expressive... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th August 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Verdi Heroines
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly
Gheorghiu displays her Verdian skills, her formidable technique and expressive power pushed to their limits but ultimately convincing. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Recital
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Classic FM People's Choice Award
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Great Singers Live: Margaret Price
Selection from three “Sunday Concerts” with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977, 1981, 1986 and 1991
Margaret Price (soprano)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager & Thomas Fulton
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Opera, April 2012, Recording of the Month
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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo)
Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato
The playing of the Badische Staatskapelle is decent – with excellent contributions from a busy principal cellist – and Marco Armiliato keeps everything ticking along well…there’s enough quality... —
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Maria Callas Verdi Arias & Mad Scenes
Recorded 1958
Maria Callas (soprano)
with the Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
This CD encapsulates the essence of Callas's genius. Recorded in 1958, the last year her voice was wholly reliable, every track is something to wonder at. —
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Great Verdi Voices
Leontyne Price (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), Jose Carreras (tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Franco Bonisolli (tenor), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Arleen Auger (soprano), Sena Jurinac (soprano),...
The first track immediately announces that this compilation means business. At the height of her powers, Leontyne Price launches into 'Ernani, involami' with energy, commanding authority, slightly... —
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Leontyne Price - Five Great Operatic Scenes
Leontyne Price (soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Fausto Cleva
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